Sexual Health through Football Coaching
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TackleAfrica sat down with Neil Peters to talk about good mental health in the workplace. Check out the video below for a taste of what was discussed. The full interview transcript with helpful tips can be found below. Neil thank you so much for talking to us! TA: How would you define mental health and […]
“I don’t have control over everything in my life, but getting an HIV test is the one thing that I do have control over. It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s not something that’s going to take a long time, and you’re gonna get your results right away. I feel that if you’re able to have sex, […]
Today – June 16th – we celebrate the International Day of the African Child! Help us amplify the voices of the seventeen thousand young Africans at our partner organisations across the continent participating in TackleAfrica programmes. This day seems especially relevant this year as we’re seeing protests around the world for Black Lives Matter. The […]
As part of Mental Health Awareness week, today we turn to Malawi to spotlight how we are using our football drills to deliver messages around better mental health. Coaches from our partner, YONECO, are running a mental health programme in three areas: Nkhotakota, Zomba and Lilongwe. TackleAfrica provide the coach training for field sessions, and […]
This week is Mental Health Awareness week, and during this time of COVID-19, good mental health seems especially important. With so many of us in lockdown, or with restricted movement, we may be feeling stresses and strains more than normal. We may be separated from our loved ones, insecure about what the future holds, or […]
Our Theory of Change outlines how and why we believe football has the power to deliver effective, impactful HIV and SRHR education to thousands of Africans across the continent. Ten years after ours was first developed, we’ve updated and published our new Theory of Change which reflects the experiences and realities of delivering HIV and […]
Now with the news so focussed on COVID-19 and the efforts to combat it, we are hearing more about stigma, discrimination and even violence towards those affected. For many people in countries who haven’t had any experience of an epidemic, this might feel strange. But for those of us working in Africa on HIV and […]
Are you a young person (aged 18-32) living with or affected by HIV? Or do you work directly with young people living with HIV anywhere in the world? Our friends at Youth STOP AIDS want to highlight how COVID19 is affecting you, and what you’re doing to respond. Go to their website, and see how […]
Today, 7th April, is World Health Day. Now more than ever before, our health and healthcare workers are in the spotlight as we continue the fight against the COVID19 pandemic. This year the World Health Organisation is particularly highlighting the incredible work nurses and midwives the world over and doing, keeping the world healthy and […]
To all our participants and supporters around the world at this challenging time, we hope you are staying safe and healthy. The most important thing right now with our programming is the safety of our beneficiaries, coaches, players, staff and everyone involved, even indirectly, in what we do. We are therefore all observing the World […]
